{{short description|Argentine politician}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Chrystian Colombo |image = Chrystian Colombo (2019).png |office = [[Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers]] |president = [[Fernando de la Rúa]] |term_start = 6 October 2000 |term_end = 21 December 2001 |predecessor = [[Rodolfo Terragno]] |successor = [[Humberto Schiavoni]] |office1 = President of the [[Banco de la Nación Argentina]] |term_start1 = 1999 |term_end1 = 6 October 2000 |predecessor1 = Roque Maccarone |successor1 = [[Enrique Olivera]] |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1952}} |birth_place = [[Zapala]], Argentina |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Radical Civic Union]] |other_party = |education = [[Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina]] }} '''Chrystian Gabriel Colombo''' (born 1952) is an [[Argentine]] businessman and politician who served as [[Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers]] during the presidency of [[Fernando de la Rúa]], from 2000 to 2001. He served as cabinet chief during the [[December 2001 riots in Argentina|December 2001 riots]], and resigned alongside De la Rúa in their aftermath.
==Early life== Colombo was born in 1952 in [[Zapala]], [[Neuquén Province]]. He graduated with a [[licenciatura]] degree on economics from the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina]] (UCA).<ref name=terra>{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.ar/canales/actualidad/13/13014.html|work=Terra|title=Perfil de Chrystian Colombo|date=2001|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230143309/http://www.terra.com.ar/canales/actualidad/13/13014.html#selection-1669.0-1610.7|archive-date=30 December 2012|language=es}}</ref>
==Political career== During the presidency of [[Raúl Alfonsín]], in June 1985, Colombo was appointed as president of the Banco Nacional de Desarrollo (BANADE), in replacement of Mario Brodersohn. Later, Colombo worked in the private sector as part of Gupo Pérez Companc, as a [[stockbroker]] in the [[Buenos Aires Stock Exchange]], as vice president of the Sociedad de la Bolsa Macro, and as manager of the Banco Río de la Plata (later [[Banco Santander|Banco Santander Río]]) stock market.<ref name=terra/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/40028-el-ano-caotico|work=[[Página 12]]|title=El año caótico|last=Zaiat|first=Alfredo|date=26 May 2017|access-date=28 February 2022|language=es}}</ref>
In 1999, upon the election of [[Fernando de la Rúa]] as president of Argentina, Colombo was appointed as president of the [[Banco de la Nación Argentina]], the country's national bank. Just a year later, on 6 October 2000, De la Rúa appointed Colombo as [[Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers]], in replacement of [[Rodolfo Terragno]]. Under Colombo's leadership, [[Ricardo López Murphy]] was designated at the helm of the [[Ministry of Economy (Argentina)|Ministry of Economy]] following the resignation of [[José Luis Machinea]].<ref name=terra/> Colombo was also investigated for [[embezzlement]] of public funds diverted from the Banco Nación and to the private-owned Banco Macro. In 2001, he was denounced by the [[Anti-Corruption Bureau (Argentina)|Anti-Corruption Bureau]] for mishandling of public funds during his time as president of the Banco Nación;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/2001/01-03/01-03-18/pag11.htm|work=[[Página 12]]|title=El jefe|last=Verbitsky|first=Horacio|date=1 March 2001|access-date=28 February 2022|language=es}}</ref> further charges were presented before the [[Argentine Senate|National Senate]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laprensa.com.ar/314229-Piden-informes-por-una-denuncia-contra-Colombo.note.aspx|work=[[La Prensa (Buenos Aires)|La Prensa]]|title=Piden informes por una denuncia contra Colombo|date=29 August 2001|access-date=28 February 2022|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/vikingo-colombo-paso-del-gabinete-de-de-la-rua-a-los-alfajores-20111220-0031.phtml|work=[[Perfil]]|title="Vikingo" Colombo pasó del gabinete de De la Rúa a los alfajores|date=22 December 2011|access-date=28 February 2022|language=es}}</ref>
Colombo remained in the position until De la Rúa's abrupt resignation on 20 December 2001, and was the last public official to leave the [[Casa Rosada]] in the aftermath of the [[December 2001 riots in Argentina|December 2001 riots]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/lagrimas-y-festejos-disimulados-en-gobierno-nid361008/|work=[[La Nación]]|title=Lágrimas y festejos disimulados en Gobierno|date=21 December 2001|access-date=28 February 2022|language=es}}</ref> Due to [[List of provisional presidents of the Argentine Senate|Senate provisional president]] (and acting president) [[Ramón Puerta]] being in [[San Luis Province|San Luis]] at the time, Colombo managed "security and minimal administrative affairs of the State until the situation was resolved" in the early hours of 21 December.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/2001/01-12/01-12-21/pag08.htm|work=[[Página 12]]|title=Un pragmático a prueba del poder|last=Piqué|first=Martín|date=21 December 2001|access-date=28 February 2022|language=es}}</ref>
==Personal life== Colombo is married to visual artist Silvia Rivas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://clarin.com/economia/colombo-vikingo-aparecio-medio-todas-batallas_0_B1Df1oveCKx.html|title=Colombo, El Vikingo que apareció en medio de todas las batallas|date=22 July 2001|access-date=28 February 2022|language=es}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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{{De la Rúa cabinet}} {{Cabinet Chiefs of Argentina}}
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